Shipemba Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Shipemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shipemba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1621:326,80024,625
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994

Shipemba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shipemba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shipemba is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shipemba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,353,468th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shipemba live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 162 people, or 1 in 326,800. In Tanzania Shipemba is mostly found in: Geita Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sipemba93645/
Chipemba88556/
Shipamba8821/
Shipembe8820/
Shipembo884/
Sipmba867/
Sipamba80174/
Sipembe8026/
Sepemba801/
Sipomba801/
Sipembo801/
Chipembe75272/
Shipombo75138/
Siphamba759/
Shipimbi758/
Chipembi753/
Chipembo752/
Siepembi751/
Chipimba751/
Siphembe751/
Shupamba751/
Shipambo751/
Sipambo67301/
Sipombo6736/
Sipimbi674/
Sipenwa671/
Sepamba671/
Seipmbi671/
Siphambo63235/
Chipimbi6320/
Sipambou6311/
Siphombo631/
Chepembe631/
Scheppenbach601/
Sepombo5339/
Sephambo503/
Cepesmbi501/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shipemba
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis